Why are they even making a show of this? Couldn’t they just show you different numbers, they’re fuzzed anyway, or shadow ban you, or any of the other ways to make your votes disappear?
The show is the point. Users are supposed to self-censor out of fear, which is far more effective than any form of automated censorship. Reddit just implement the “chilling effect”.
Why are they even making a show of this? Couldn’t they just show you different numbers, they’re fuzzed anyway, or shadow ban you, or any of the other ways to make your votes disappear?
The show is the point. Users are supposed to self-censor out of fear, which is far more effective than any form of automated censorship. Reddit just implement the “chilling effect”.
That place is a cesspool, I hope they get chilled into leaving. Even if they go to bluesky, get tf out of there.